Indiana hate crime victim speaks out

by Kyle Flood
posted at Indiana Equality


Hate Crime legislation has been suggested in Indiana but nothing has made a serious advance toward making a real difference. Every time a bill is proposed, the Christian Right spreads lies that put Hoosiers into a panic for what could "hurt" the heterosexual majority. Instead of helping protect minorities the Right feel as if their way of life will be threatened by properly prosecuting those who break the law.

I bring this up because nearly two weeks ago I, along with a handful of others, was attacked in Muncie, Indiana based on sexual orientation. Within walking distance from Ball State University, two college-aged students attacked two students and I in what can only describe as a hate crime.

Sitting in the emergency room, I could only think of how ignorant our attackers were. These men thought they were doing themselves good by attacking us. Calling us faggots, throwing punches, and even putting a female in a chokehold must have provided a much-needed rush for their masculinity. We were not helpless victims, but we were no match to their attack.

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Ball State student says attack was hate crime

by Nick Werner
The Star Press
Indiana

MUNCIE -- A gay Ball State University student said he and his friends were attacked in The Village early Friday morning because of their sexuality.

"I consider it a hate crime," said the student, Kyle Flood.

Flood, 21, Indianapolis, suffered a swollen eye, cuts and bruises and a scratched cornea that required treatment at Ball Memorial Hospital.

No arrests had been made as of Monday.

Ball State University Police Chief Gene Burton said attacks on gay students were rare.

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Bones May Be Linked To Gay Serial Killer

by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff

(Indianapolis, Indiana) Cold case detective have re-opened a 13 year old murder case of an unidentified man to see if he was a victim of a serial killer who preyed on gay men in the 1990s.

The man's body was found in a wooded area in Floyds Knobs. Indiana in in 1995. Never identified, he was buried as a "John Doe".

On Monday the remains were being exhumed from a cemetery in New Albany and police say new information and modern investigation methods may help in identifying him.

Officers said they believe the man may be Jerry Williams-Comer, 34, who disappeared from Indianapolis in August 1995.

The case was re-opened after a woman who works for the Doe Network - a Web site run by amateur sleuths who try to solve cold cases.

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